8th Empire Awards
{{Short description|Award ceremony}}
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{{Infobox film awards
| number = 8
| award = Empire Awards
| image = 8th Empire Awards logo.gif
| caption = The logo for the 8th Empire Awards
| date = {{Start date|2003|2|5|df=y}}
| site = The Dorchester Hotel, London, England
| host = Richard E. Grant
| director =
| magazine_issue =
| best_film = The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
| best_british = 28 Days Later
| most_awards = Minority Report (3)
| most_nominations = The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (7)
| channel =
| duration =
| last = 7th
| next = 9th
}}
The 8th Empire Awards ceremony (officially known as the Sony Ericsson Empire Awards), presented by the British film magazine Empire, honored the best films of 2002 and took place on 5 February 2003 at The Dorchester Hotel in London, England.{{Cite news |last= |date=29 January 2003 |title=Empire Awards Nominations. Your shortlist revealed |url=http://www.empireonline.com/News/story.asp?nid=12357 |access-date=29 September 2014 |work=Empireonline.com |publisher=Bauer Consumer Media}} During the ceremony, Empire presented Empire Awards in nine categories as well as two honorary awards. The award for Sony Ericsson Scene of the Year was first introduced this year. The Best Debut award was renamed to "Best Newcomer". British actor Richard E. Grant hosted the show for the first time.{{Cite web |year=2003 |title=Report: The Eighth Annual Empire Awards |url=http://www.empireonline.com/awards2003/report.asp |access-date=17 September 2011 |website=Empireonline.com |publisher=Bauer Consumer Media}} The awards were sponsored by Sony Ericsson for the first time.{{Cite news |last=Matthew |first=Sam |date=10 December 2004 |title=Sony Ericsson pushes camera phones at Empire Awards |url=http://www.brandrepublic.com/news/230076/Sony-Ericsson-pushes-camera-phones-Empire-Awards/ |access-date=17 September 2011 |work=Brand Republic |publisher=Haymarket Media Group}}
Minority Report won the most awards with three including Best Director for Steven Spielberg. Other winners included 28 Days Later, About a Boy, Die Another Day, Spider-Man, Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers with one. Dustin Hoffman received the Lifetime Achievement Award and Michael Winterbottom and Andrew Eaton received the Independent Spirit Award for their role in the direction and production of 24 Hour Party People.
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.{{Cite news |last= |date=5 February 2003 |title=The Empire Awards 2003. This year's winners announced! |url=http://www.empireonline.com/News/story.asp?nid=12377 |access-date=29 September 2014 |work=Empireonline.com |publisher=Bauer Consumer Media}}
=Multiple awards=
The following film received multiple awards:
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |
| scope="col" width="55" | Awards
! scope="col" | Film |
|---|
| 3 |
=Multiple nominations=
The following 11 films received multiple nominations:
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |
| scope="col" width="55" | Nominations
! scope="col" | Film |
|---|
| 7 |
| 6 |
| 4 |
| rowspan=4 | 3 |
| Bend It Like Beckham |
| Road to Perdition |
| Spider-Man |
| rowspan=4 | 2 |
| About a Boy |
| Austin Powers in Goldmember |
| Gosford Park |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website|http://www.empireonline.com/awards2003/default.asp|name=The 8th Sony Ericsson Empire Awards official website}}
- {{IMDb event|0000786/2003}}
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Category:2000s in the City of Westminster
Category:2003 in British cinema